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… ….................................…-- Elevator Section Part 8 ---

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Time to build a platform to lift the 'lift bucket' with. I didn't want to use the handle on the bucket as it didn't seem like a good long term option. I also wanted to get the bricks out of the lift bucket so that the only thing in it would be the standing water and the water that is pumped in and out along with the larger pump that is used in this bucket. I could use a larger one in the other bucket but had two smaller pumps that equal the big one so decided to use them instead. If I want the elevator to go up and down faster I could move to larger pumps but the up and down times are under a minute and I'm happy with that.

I've got a lot of steel that is left over from my car, camper and boat projects so used what I had to build the lift platform. Also actually used more that I would of needed for the project but the more I used the less bricks I'd be using.

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When I found out later that the weight of the three bricks wasn't needed I filled the area where they were with wood so could always go back to one to three bricks if needed.

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Above I poured water into the bucket to try things out before connecting the pumps and hoses.

The small control panel can be moved easily by removing two screws and screwing them back in at the new location. I'll probably move it in under the layout a bit more.

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The next segment will deal with the stops and locators in the upper and lower positions and another overview and run video. Then I need to move onto getting the upper level of the layout in which I started on a few segments back (got the actual build order a little out of sync presenting it here).

Elevator section to be continued…..........

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